Friday, November 11, 2011

Ed Negron's Daily Motivation 11-11-11

You must take personal
responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,
but you can change yourself." — Jim Rohn

Personal
Responsibility

There will be times when other people will
disappoint us - either intentionally or because of indifference or incompetence.
If we have been counting on them, their nonperformance can cause us real anger
and frustration.

Our growth, however, should teach us that such
failures are part of life. While never losing trust in others, we must accept
them as fallible people. Their mistakes and lapses come from the human
shortcomings all of us have.

Our best course is to live without expecting too
much from others. They are not here to please or satisfy us. It's possible, too,
that we've been unrealistic in some of our expectations and have set ourselves
up for disappointments.

Our personal responsibility is to do our best even
when others fall short of our expectations. At the same time, we can grow by
becoming more reliable and dependable ourselves.

We cannot use another's failure as an excuse for
negligence on our part.

Today I'll expect the best, but I will know
that I also have the spiritual resources to deal with the worst that can
happen.